$4.99 for Final Fantasy VI (FFIII when it was released on SNES) is a steal for among the greatest games of all time. And while I hesitate to call it the greatest game ever made, I will go out on a limb and call Nobuo Oematsu's score the greatest game music of all time. It is probably the first game to fully embrace the Wagnerian concept of "leitmotif"—that is, a certain musical theme or cue indicating certain characters or events—and ran the gamut of genres and styles. In turn epic (Terra's theme), melodic (Celes's theme), mournful (coin song), beautiful (Gau's theme), peaceful (Kids Run Through The City), experimental (Dancing Mad), military (Troops March On), and playful (Spinach Rag, Johnny C. Bad), the score was as cinematic and timeless as ever a game attempted.

Also, a little trivia: when FFVI came out back in 1994, they charged $80 for it (and worth every penny; taking about 80 hours to complete, that's $1/hr). Adjusted for inflation, that's about $120 today!

@levi4884: They haven't released any information on it yet so anything you hear is just rumors. Maybe when they announce the thing on February 20th we will find out. Hopefully it will but seeing as how Sony tends to take features away from us (Backwards compatability, Linux) I doubt it will.

@levi4884: While Sony will likely not offer backwards compatibility for PS3 titles on their next system, I suspect you'll be able to play any of these legacy titles on the PS4 assuming they can be played on the PS3 now. It's just guesswork on my part, though.

@jcbaggee: I think Tactics was available for Plus members up until last week. I know I downloaded it when it was on there but it isn't showing up in the list anymore. I wish these would have had a even bigger discount for Plus members.

@jeffisclassic: It is rumored that Sony will use an AMD CPU in the PS4. If true, that would mean a different processor architecture making backward compatibility with any prior PS console, including PSN games, only possible using emulation. The launch PS3 could play PS2 games because it had PS2 hardware in it. When they did a hardware refresh they removed the PS2 hardware (to reduce cost). They might do the same with the PS4.

@dupedyetagain: I agree completely! FFIV/3 is one of the best musically and playability. did you ever find yourself singing along to the opera? I think I still know the words desite only looking at the book the first time.

@hiddenmanna: Haha, I don't think I sang the words, but I still find myself humming the melody now and then. When I was a kid, I would run back and forth from the TV to the piano to try to replicate the songs. To this day, I still can play what my 9-year-old self transcribed of Terra's Theme.

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